In a statement Duma explained that he become aware of an illegal racket where personalised vehicle licence plates were being sold at excessive prices online. Example of personalised vehicle licence number plates. “The cost of the personalised licence number, which is only determined by the Minister of Transport, is R2250.00.Unfortunately, there are motorists who have paid between R7000 and R10 000.
This is illegal.” “The cost of the personalised licence number, which is only determined by the Minister of Transport, is R2250.00. Unfortunately, there are motorists who have paid between R7000 and R10 000. This is illegal.” Duma said that according the National Road Traffic Act, Regulation 28, only the MEC for Transport may establish a personalised licence number system in the province.
“I delegated this function to the Motor Transport Service’s Choice Numbers Section, which remains the only section authorised to sell personalised licence numbers in the province.” He explained that a motorist who purchases a personalised number through the department’s section must sign an acknowledgment that the number will be relinquished to the MEC if no longer required. In terms of the law a clause states: “If the holder of a personalised licence number no longer requires that personalised licence number, he or she must surrender that personalised licence number to the MEC.”
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